is a mountain on the border of Yabu

Yabu, Hyogo

is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.The city was formed on April 1, 2004 from the merger of all four towns of the former Yabu District: Sekinomiya, Oya, Yabu , and Yoka.-External links:*...

, Hyōgo Prefecture

Hyogo Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...

, and Wakasa

Wakasa, Tottori

is a town located in Yazu District, Tottori, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 4,687 and a density of 23.52 persons per km². The total area is 199.31 km²....

, Tottori Prefecture

Tottori Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region. The capital is the city of Tottori. It is the least populous prefecture in Japan.- History :Before the Meiji Restoration, Tottori encompassed the old provinces of Hōki and Inaba...

, in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is the highest mountain in Hyōgo Prefecture. This mountain is one of the 200 famous mountains in Japan. Other names of this mountain are Sugano-sen, Hyōzan, Hyōno-yama, Kōrino-yama.

Outline

Mount Hyōno is estimated as an upheaved submarine volcano which erupted 3 million years ago with Mount Naki and Torokawa-daira higland. This mountain is the second highest mountain in Chūgoku Mountains

Chugoku Mountains

is a mountain range in the Chūgoku region of western Japan. It runs in an east-west direction and stretches approximately from Hyōgo Prefecture in the east to the coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture. It also reaches under the Pacific Ocean....

, and also the second highest in Honshū

Honshu

is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait...

 west of Osaka Prefecture

Osaka Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...

. This mountain is in the Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park

Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park

is a Quasi-National Park in Hyōgo Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, and Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It was founded on 10 April 1969 and has an area of 488 km².-Overview:The park comprises three mountainous areas at the junction between the three prefectures....

. This mountain is also selected as one of the 100 untrodden areas in Japan.